“From the very beginning, I considered Emelianenko a favorite. I was sure that the battle would end very quickly. I was not among those who expected a long fight. Everything ended as I expected, ”Sportueva quotes Valuev.
The battle took place in Moscow at the VTB Arena. Emelianenko knocked Koklyaev in the first round.
Before this fight, Emelianenko had 28 victories and seven defeats in the MMA, one match was declared a draw. For Koklyaev, the last battle was a debut.
Earlier, Alexander Shlemenko expressed the opinion that Koklyaev in vain offered Emelianenko a rematch according to the rules of MMA.